Geography 370: CLIMATOLOGY

EXERCISES

This is an opportunity for you to Surf
the Web and still claim you're studying! Using the web resources
we talked about in class, explore some of the climate-related web
pages that are linked to the Geog
370 Climatology links page, or
look for others through a search engine. The route you take is not
important in this exercise. You can also save paper by simply
reading this exercise from the class web page and following its
instructions, without printing it out. Of course, if you'd really
like to have a hard copy, you can print it from this web
page.

The Goal of Exercise 1 is to find ten web
pages on a climatological topic that is interesting to you, then create an
annotated bibliography of these pages. It is best to pick
a single topic or theme to explore. In fact, this would be a good time to
begin thinking about what you would like to study for your term research project.
Pages can include downloaded image files (e.g. satellite images). Each bibliographic
entry should include the following:

1. Citation of the Web Page, using proper reference
form (see Paper Guidelines and citation style on the Geography Department web site. The Department of Geography and Global Studies requires the Chicago/Turabian style for references and citations.

2. Description of sources/information
available on this page. Also review links to other
pages.

3. Your opinion of this page. This part
can include, but is not limited to the following:

a. How might this information be useful
to you?

b. How reliable is this information? On
what basis are you making this judgment? (Who is the author, what
is the bias, if any, was it peer-reviewed, etc.)

c. In what way does this page contribute
to your study of climatology?

d. Do you think this is the most efficient method of
accessing this type of information? Why or why not? What alternatives would
you suggest?